Tuesday February 7, 2012
Arizona State Capitol, House Lawn
1700 W. Washington, Phoenix AZ
Registration begins at 7:30am
Program activities will run until 3:00pm

Arts Congress 2012: Celebrating 100 Years of the Arts in Arizona

In honor of Arizona’s Centennial, Arizona Citizens for the Arts will host a day of celebration and advocacy for arts, culture and arts education in Arizona. Please join us for Arts Congress 2012.

What is Arts Congress?
Arts Congress is an annual advocacy day, which takes place at the Arizona State Capitol. This is an important day, when you have the opportunity to speak to your legislators and tell them why you support the arts and how the arts have made a difference in your life.

For more info about Arizona Citizens/Action for the Arts and Arts Congress 2012 go to: http://www.azcitizensforthearts.org/

Date: 2012-2-7

Title: PINA – Special Advance Screening (FREE Passes for ADC Members)
Location: Harkins Scottsdale 101, 7000 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix
Link out: Click here
Description: IFC Films presents a Special Advance Screening

IFC Films presents a Special Advance Screening
A Film for PINA BAUSCH by WIM WENDERS
www.ifcfilms.com

PINA
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost
PINA is a thrilling new 3D documentary based off the life of dancer Pina Bausch and directed by Wim Wenders.

Tuesday, February 7 at 7:00pm
Harkins Scottsdale 101, 7000 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix

ADC has a limited number of free passes for ADC Members. Please contact Lisa at gro.noitilaoCecnaDzAnull@asiL or call or text 602-740-9616. OR contact Lauren Kawam at moc.mideillanull@mawaKL.

Start Time: 7:00pm
Date: 2012-2-7

Title: FREE Master Class by Contra Tiempo
Location: Dance Theater West, 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
Description: Free Master Class by Contra Tiempo
Sponsored by ASU Gammage Cultural Participation
Co-sponsored by Arizona Dance Coalition, Desert Dance Theatre, Dance Theater West
February 6th from 6:00pm-7:30pm
Dance Theater West, 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
RSVP to gro.noitilaoCecnaDzAnull@asiL or call 480-962-4584
Space is limited so RSVP as soon as possible.

CONTRA-TIEMPO is a Los Angeles based dance company, founded and directed by Ana Maria Alvarez. The company fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, Hip-Hop, and abstract dance theater.

Technique Class in the company’s choreographic work – We use a unique blend of Salsa, Afro-Cuban and other dances of the African Diaspora, fused with urban street forms and contemporary concert technique and dance fundamentals. This master class will use this unique style of fusing forms to move dancers through an exploration of their bodies as creative, conscious and connected movers. We will begin with a warm up in the center, moving in and out of the floor. Undulations, body rolls, footwork patterns and hip isolations will all be a part of this center floor work. We will then work on traveling and taking this new found way of moving through the space, devouring the space, owning the ‘stage’, having your ‘voice’ be heard as a dancer. We will end the class, by teaching a small section of a new piece of company repertoire.

Ana Maria Alvarez (Artistic Director- CONTRA-TIEMPO, Choreographer and Dancer) Alvarez received her MFA in Choreography from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures, where she currently teaches.

Start Time: 6:00pm
Date: 2012-2-6
End Time: 7:30pm

Title: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Spring Break 2012 DANCE EXPERIENCE
Location: Mesa Arts Center, Dance Studio, One East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85211
Link out: Click here
Description: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Spring Break 2012
DANCE EXPERIENCE

March 12-16, 2012
ONE WEEK DANCE EXPERIENCE WITH ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER “THROUGHLINES”

The ultimate experience for dance students ages 12 – 18. This spring break dance experience gives dancers the opportunity to take a week of master classes in a variety of techniques and learn from instructors at the top of their field in techniques like, modern, jazz/hip hop and West African. Your registration also provides you with two Alvin Ailey performance tickets to round out this exciting week at the Ikeda Theatre of the Mesa Arts Center.

Location: Mesa Arts Center, Dance Studio, One East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85211
Duration: 1.5 hours x 5 days
Audience: Ages 12-18 (Dance Studios, Jr/High School, Dance Companies) ($25 for the week)

ONE DAY WORKSHOPS WITH ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Select from one-day workshops and explore techniques from modern, jazz/hip hop and West African from Alvin Ailey American Dance instructors at the top of their field and bring movement to your own life experiences. Your registration in any one-day workshop provides you with a discount code to purchase Alvin Ailey performance tickets to round out this exciting week at the Ikeda Theatre of the Mesa Arts Center.

Location: Mesa Arts Center, Dance Studio, One East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85211
Duration: 2 hour workshops
Audience: Ages 8-11 or 12-18 ($5 per one day workshop)

MONDAY, MARCH 12
Young Professionals
Ages 17-Adult
(Modern)
$25
5PM-7PM

TUESDAY, MARCH 13
Teen Extension
Ages 12-16
(West African)
$5
1PM-3PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
Young at Art
Ages 8-11
(West African)
$5
1PM-3PM

THURSDAY, MARCH 15
Teen Extension
Ages 12-16
(Jazz-Hip Hop)
$5
1PM-3PM

FRIDAY, MARCH 16
Young at Art
Ages 8-11
(Jazz-Hip Hop)
$5
1PM-3PM

“Throughlines”
A One Week Dance Experience with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Monday – Modern, Tuesday/Wednesday-West African, Thursday/Friday – Jazz-Hip Hop)
Ages 12-18 | $25
9AM-10:30AM

TO REGISTER: Contact Box Office 480-644-6500| MesaArtsCenter.com
Presented by Mesa Arts Center
Sponsored in part by Wells Fargo
Start Date: 2012-03-12
End Date: 2012-03-16

Title: FREE Dance Workshop by Contra-Tiempo
Location: Mesa Community College Campus (West Gymnasium), 1833 West Southern, Mesa, AZ 85202
Link out: Click here
Description: FREE Dance Workshop!
Featuring L.A. based Dance Company CONTRA-TIEMPO
and Ana Maria Alvarez

Urban Latin Dance with CONTRA-TIEMPO
Artistic Director, Ana Maria Alvarez and CONTRA-TIEMPO will share the company’s unique signature dance form: Urban Latin Dance, which is based on principals of Salsa fused with urban street forms, dances rooted in the African Diaspora and contemporary concert dance. The class is designed to engage and push dancers to
explore new ways of moving, partnering and improvising.

TWO SESSIONS AVAILABLE!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012
1:00-2:30PM & 3:00-4:30PM

Mesa Community College Campus,
1833 West Southern, Mesa, AZ 85202, West Gymnasium

RSVP: Space is limited so RSVP early!
moc.retneCstrAaseMnull@hcaertuo or 480-644-6540

CONTRA-TIEMPO is a Los Angeles based dance company, founded and directed by Ana Maria Alvarez. The company fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, Hip-Hop, and abstract dance theater.

Ana Maria Alvarez (Artistic Director- CONTRA-TIEMPO, Choreographer and Dancer) Alvarez received her MFA in Choreography from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures, where she currently teaches.

Presented by:
Mesa Arts Center
In partnership with:
Mesa Community College
Date: 2012-02-04

January 29, 2012 1:00 PM
Dance Theater West, 3925 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix 85018

Modern Dancers ages 14 through 18

Prize monies available up to
$500 – 1st Place $300 – 2nd Place $200 – 3rd Place

Dancers will participate in a 45 minute class which will be judged.
They will perform an original work not to exceed three minutes.
The style is modern.
(Ballet, jazz, hip hop are not acceptable.)

Black leotard and tights for girls
Black tights and black or white t-shirt for boys
Bare feet No props please.
Dancers will provide their music on a cd.

$15. Registration Fee to NSAL due the day of the event.

To Register:
Please contact Susan Silverman, NSAL AZ Dance Chair, prior to January 22, 2012. at moc.loanull@anirezuS*

*please contact me with any questions or concerns….thanks!
Start Time: 1:00pm
Date: 2012-01-29

Title: CONDER/dance: Breaking Ground 2012
Location: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway Tempe, AZ 85281
Description: Conder/dance: Breaking Ground 2012

January 28, Saturday, 2 & 8 pm, Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe.

In its fifth year, Breaking Ground is Arizona’s window into the most current perspectives on art and culture. Tightly curated by an illustrious panel of judges and produced by CONDER/dance, Breaking Ground 2012 presents remarkable contemporary dance, film and art from artists working around the country. Performances in traditional and non-traditional spaces throughout Tempe Center for the Arts will resonate with audiences from all walks of life. This year a matinee performance is designed to present works by students only.

Tickets: $20 general, $15 students, 480-350-2882.

Performers are:

Professional Division
Daniela Borgialli – Tango Dream, Carley Conder – Healing the Divide, Brad Garner – Rendicion Basquiat, Alisa Gillespie – Reverie Realized, Kevin Jenkins – Luminos (film), Karen Jensen – Moving Target (film), Keith Johnson – Unscripted / Riptide Into Me, Jenna Kosowski – For Her Smile Is Painted On…, Shannon Mockli – Murmur, Chrissie Parrott – Motel Deception (film), Carolyn Pavlik – LadyBoy (film), Renata Sheppard – The Wait of Gravity (film), Eileen Standley – State of Affairs and La Folia

Student Division
Julie Akerly – It’s Always Too Late and Making Noise (film), Robert Ahlman – Primal, Jordan Daniels – WOW, Jessica Diaz – My Feet Keep Me Up At Night, Anthony Gonzales – Point. Line- Fold>, Holly Martin – Without It, Nita Mallya – Thillana, Anna McClellan + Brittany Young – unfamiliarCLOUD, Britta Peterson – Violet Flight and Recurring Reverie, Laurel Wall-MacLane – to….

http://www.conderdance.com/home/index_home.htm

Date: 2012-01-28

ADC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING & BRUNCH – Meet ADC Board of Directors and Members from around the state. ADC Regional Representatives will share dance news from their regions. Catherine “Rusty” Foley will provide insights to arts advocacy and arts promotion. The brunch meeting will be held at The Morning Glory Cafe at The Farm at South Mountain, 6101 S. 32nd Street, Phoenix (S of Southern on west side of 32nd Street) from 11:00am-1:00pm. The “no host” brunch menu is available at http://www.MorningGloryCafeAZ.com/

The ADC Board Meeting will follow directly after from 1:00pm-2:00pm. Anyone interested in getting involved as a volunteer or board member are welcome to stay. Please RSVP by January 25th at gro.noitilaoCecnaDzAnull@asiL or 480-962-4584.
Start Time: 11:00am
Date: 2012-01-29

ADC MEET & GREET – ADC hosts a MEET & GREET in Tucson from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the University Dance Project, 6318 E. Broadway Blvd, Tucson (SE corner of Broadway & Wilmot, near the El Charro Cafe visible in the El Mercado Shopping Center). Meet the ADC officers and colleagues to learn about ADC and its mission. Join us to share ideas/information, network, celebrate, and get involved. RSVP by December 16th at gro.noitilaoCecnaDzAnull@anytsyrK or 520/743-1349.
Start Time: 2:00pm
Date: 2011-12-18
End Time: 4:00pm

Dulce Dance Company, is proud to present Expresiones Dance Festival. Now in its fifth year, Expresiones is a curated dance production showcasing expressive, unique and artistic talent in contemporary modern form. The essence of fine performing arts in unique and non-traditional spaces.

In the past, Expresiones has been presented in art galleries, movie theaters, raw spaces, and “in the round”. These locations have undergone simple re-vamping, converting them to alternative performance spaces.

Part of the goal of Expresiones is to present Dance in its purest form. The opportunity for performing in alternate non-traditional spaces allow the audience to experience and share new perspectives of performance. The closeness of the dancers helps to cultivate a more intimate relationship with the audience and community. This broadens the horizons of dance and the people that connect with it.

Expresiones is the act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement, a manifestation or expression of rural values something that expresses or communicates, especially with eloquence, a showing of feeling or character. Expressiones is a look or intonation that conveys meaning in which one expresses oneself, especially in speaking, depicting, and performing.

Mail Application, footage, and fee to address listed below,
Postmark by December 31, 2011 to
Candy Jimenez
Dulce Dance Company
PO Box 37132
Phoenix, AZ 85069
If you would like to submit your application in person or online, please call (602) 570-7635

http://www.dulcedancecompany.com

Performance Dates & Description: Expresiones Cinco March 2 & 3, 2012 This is Expresiones’ fifth year: Expresiones Cinco. Expresiones Cinco will be hosted at Playhouse on the Park in Phoenix Arizona at the Viad Corporate Center.  The center is located at 1850 N. Central Ave.  This space offers many opportunities for unique perspectives.  The stage specifications are attached.  In addition, the park area outside will be available for presentations as well.  We challenge you to create work that is appropriate for the different perspectives you will have available to you.
Date: 2011-12-31